News from September 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - A North Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox, Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Amaris Mae Wyman, 31, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 25 years in the Bureau of Prisons for producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff also ordered Wyman to spend seven years on supervised release and imposed financial assessments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jared Gil, 25, and Yadoris Arias, 26, both of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -Shakedra Verleece Smith, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Sheri Youse a/k/a Sheri Johnson, of Birmingham, Alabama, were sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee for their roles in a conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The United States Attorney’s Office and the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (RICHR) today announced they have jointly resolved investigations into complaints that the Cranston Portuguese Club engaged in a pattern or practice of illegal discrimination against people of Cambodian ancestry. The investigations addressed allegations the Cranston Portuguese Club violated Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Rhode Island General Law § 11-24-1, et seq.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: South Florida Health Care Facility Owner Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in Largest Health Care Fraud Scheme Ever Charged by The Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, AL - Today, Shane Anthony Vernon, 29, from Kellyton, Alabama was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges following his escape from jail in 2017, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, he will subject to five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced DUSTIN DINET, age 32, of New Orleans, and STEVEN DINET, age 44, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, who are brothers, for conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) finalized a rule repealing the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, which EPA finalized in 2015 after four years of scientific review and unprecedented public engagement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to more than 12 1/2 years in prison for using a knife to rob over a dozen convenience stores and gas stations within the Eastern District of Virginia.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 19 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Protecting Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impacts of the Trump Administration’s Cruel Policies."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: STATEWIDE, Idaho - As the weather starts to cool and fire conditions decrease, please don’t be complacent about the importance of fire prevention and safety. Recreationists continue to enjoy public lands during the fall, appreciating brisk mornings and warm afternoons, but the potential to start a wildfire still exists.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for drug trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Christina Weaver, 40, of Collinsville, IL; Wendell Ragsdale, 45, of Springfield, IL; Bradley Quinelle Warren, 32, of Collinsville, IL; Taylor D. James, 20, of Collinsville, IL; and Haley S. James, 21, of Collinsville, IL; were indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to maliciously interfere with communication lines by entering onto cellular tower sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Geroyce Dewayne Sibley, 25, of Lumberton, was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 189 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Sibley was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Officers Found More Than Three Kilos of Meth at His Springfield Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma waived prosecution by Indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information in federal court to violations of Coercion and Enticement of Any Individual to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity and Conspiracy to Commit the Offense of Coercion and Enticement of an Individual to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Shayne McKee, 27, of St. Louis, MO, was indicted today on three felony counts including bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and felon in possession of a firearm stemming from the armed robbery of the St. Louis Community Credit Union located at 7345 West Florissant Avenue in Jennings, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was sentenced on Sept. 10, 2019, in federal court in Boston to six years in prison for drug trafficking.
